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This evening was a departing system sunset. Everything as eroding from the top down and not quite as much west to east. The clouds were really hauling also. And my mania for trying to get the colors right, I did not have the camera set to stun. So the blurry clouds are all on me. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm...

4-21 Some morning cumulus as I was right on the western edge of the cumulus shield. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... A solitary strip of cirrus in the late afternoon. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm...

4-19 The altocumulus getting some incidental light in the extreme post sunset conditions. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

4-17 Some eroding cumulus getting spot-lit from the setting Sun. Taken ith the 24-70mm at 53mm...

Ha! At KPSP when it hit 100 the dew was 36 for a relative humidity of 11% and a heat index of only 95. Too funny.

Only 34 at KIND. Not quite as hard on sensitive vegetation.

Looks like the bow will be south of I-70 and indianapolis. That is fine by me. Southern Indiana can keep all the severe stuff. No skin off of my nose.

This is what I am talking about... Indianapolis International Airport (weather.gov)

The radar is fine, I am talking about the time series viewer through the NWS and NOAA. I just checked KEWR and they have been only updating hourly also. Must be a system wide thing. Just wonder if it is accidental or on purpose?

These are from last night. Pre-sunset. Nothing special. Taken with the 100mm and cropped in the camera... Was wondering if the Sun would be able to round the corner and give some nice post sunset color. Glad I stuck around as here is the red starting to hit the area. Taken with the 100mm... As the red was departing the area. Taken with the 100mm and cropped in the camera... Cheers!

Can anyone tell me why KIND and KLOT suddenly stopped updating every five minutes and went to just updating every hour since one this afternoon. Is it just a western region thing or all over?

82 at KIND today. Low 80's in the third week of April is nothing special. Low 80's in Northeast surface flow is sort of notable.

Was out for the sunrise this morning. My usual morning spot with open eastern views, the county fairgrounds, had a dog show this weekend and a dog run set up where I usually set up. So I had to head to a different spot. Tried the southside park. Have never tried a sunset there yet dso this was a first. Also I forgot the 24-70mm at home on the table so I had to make do with the 16-35mm. THe reds. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... Transitioning to the oranges. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... I had forgotten about how good the 16-35 was at making diffraction spikes due to its aperture construction. Always adds a little pop to an image. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... Cheers!

KIND hit 80 also. A gorgeous perfect Midwest day,

I did add more. Three day total of 2.12". THhat means another 0.38'" last night and today. On the drive home today, most of the temporary duck ponds are transitioning to mud bogs, in the improving conditions.

The difference between the annular eclipse in 1994 and Monday's total eclipse was night and day; literally. There is something special when all of the Sun is covered with the Moon. While I am not going to go out of my way to see more, I am extremely grateful that I can cross this off of my bucket list and now have the ability to say I have seen and experienced totality at least once in my life.

So far 1.74" IMBY. Looks like might add a little bit more here in a little bit. On the drive home from work, all the agriculture ditches were full and the usual problem fields had the duck ponds full and waiting on traffic. Could use a little dry time to soak some of this moisture into the ground good and deep.

Back to photographing the sunset, here I am a little more comfortable. Eclipse night was nice with the approaching system. Close to sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 55mm... Post sunset color. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm and cropped in camera...

Had some cirrus in Indianapolis also. Best I could do...

Should have. Already the north side park is inundated with Illinois plated cars. I am being invaded. But that is OK. Anything in the name of looking to the heavens!

I plan on it. Giddy with excitement here. Let's Go!

Tonight's sunset from the front yard. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm...

I bet your chickens would flip your pros and cons.

Three day total of 2.47" IMBY. Radar estimates show a county or two south and west easily doubled that. We needed every drop here. But over double that would probably be a tad excessive.

2.30" of rain last night, this morning. Got the worms out of the ground. Now to see if we any more of note this afternoon.